OT: What is BattleFrog and why is UM not so good at it?

Submitted by WichitanWolverine on December 22nd, 2015 at 7:13 PM

I noticed this year's Fiesta bowl is sponsored by BattleFrog and after Googling I found out it was a collegiate sports competition earlier this year that included 16 schools (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefrog_College_Championship).

Unfortunately, I also noticed that UM finished last by a wide margin. I think we need to raise BattleFrog awareness so we can win it next year.

Did anyone watch this series? Was it any good? Is there a specific reason we did...not so well?

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FauxMo

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^

I have no idea what it is. But I do remember that George Costanza went to great lengths to have his high score on the video game Frogger preserved, going so far as to having a temporary power supply and panel truck arranged to take it to his house. I hope this helps...

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look up see blue

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:24 PM ^

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Benoit Balls

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:25 PM ^

I need holes!

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Plankton

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:18 PM ^

On steroids. I loved it on Atari

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Ivan Karamazov

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:25 PM ^

To answer your last question without too much snark.... Have you seen the rec league competition at UM? If not, just imagine the kids who took all AP classes in high school in an environment they are most certainly not suited for.

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Moonlight Graham

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:27 PM ^

Can't imagine that. I think you're going to need to spell it out for us.

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Ivan Karamazov

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^

Here's a rough approximation

http://youtu.be/B6nI1v7mwwA

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WichitanWolverine

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:31 PM ^

Not sure how much you're joking, but UM has been very good at club-level sports in the past (lacrosse, crew, rugby immediately come to mind) so I don't think that's a legit reason.

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Ivan Karamazov

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^

Rec sports vs club sports is a big gap. Also lax is D-1 now. And if you're serious about a club sport at UM you have little time to go compete on BattleToads on top of your coursework.

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MGoBender

December 22nd, 2015 at 11:23 PM ^

Mayhaps.

Though, you're talking like anyone knows what the fuck BattleToads is.

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Zoltanrules

December 22nd, 2015 at 10:17 PM ^

And has skilz.

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MadMatt

December 23rd, 2015 at 7:46 AM ^

This is not new for water polo. Back in my day (84-87) I played on the club team; "played" being a euphemism for lightly used bench scrub. We were generally top 2 or 3 in the Big Ten, which was all club level teams. We had some excellent players with high school experience from schools like Ann Arbor Pioneer. The women's varsity team has been doing great lately--Michigan and Hawaii are the only non-California schools to get in the top ten with some regularity. In the 80s we had some polo loving women who would play with the guys, and they were pretty good. In short, Michigan has a heritage here too.

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DrewGOBLUE

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^

You'd be surprised. I knew at least a half-dozen people that turned down DII and even DI scholarship offers because they much preferred to go to UM. So there were some pretty damn good IM teams.

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WichitanWolverine

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:41 PM ^

Most of the guys I played with on the lacrosse team had DII and DIII offers but we wanted to go to UM, even though it was varsity-club when I played.

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Ivan Karamazov

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:40 PM ^

Sure that's true and I'll bet they turned those down to get an education at UM, not to compete on a filler ESPN show when all the major sports aren't playing.

Try to make one joke on here and I find myself defending it to no end.

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recklessaBrandon

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:52 PM ^

Just admit it was a joke and stop defending it then. Some of UMs IM teams are ridiculous. I remember in flag football there was a team of all former college football players who had played together for at least two years of graduate school.

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Badkitty

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:57 PM ^

We played a summer basketball game where there was this giant guy (relative to us) just raining 3's and dunks on us. We later found out it was Glenn Rice.

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Section6

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:01 PM ^

What sport was the D1 offer in that was turned down?

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DrewGOBLUE

December 22nd, 2015 at 10:49 PM ^

Soccer

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Mgotri

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^

You're a dick. I took all ap classes in high school, have a degree in chemistry from Michigan and would crush you in almost any sport

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wolpherine2000

December 22nd, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^

Let us assemble a modesty competition!

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Fnrmerse

December 23rd, 2015 at 4:34 AM ^

All proceeds to the Human Fund

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December 23rd, 2015 at 6:59 AM ^

Doesn't matter, no one is as modest as I

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StraightDave

December 22nd, 2015 at 10:24 PM ^

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pkatz

December 23rd, 2015 at 7:37 AM ^

Son took all AP courses in high school and was an AA in lax... your facile analogy does not work

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WBALLZ

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:27 PM ^

It's a very difficult Nintendo game. We're probably not good at it due to lack of experience w/ 8-bit gaming systems amongst the current team. I suggest putting a little more effort in recruiting 35-40 year olds with eligibility and we'll be just fine.

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blicht4

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:35 PM ^

Very very funny response.

But in all serious-ish-ness, definitely spent hours playing the game. Put me in coach!

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WBALLZ

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:47 PM ^

I fairly certain I couldn't beat it w/ a game genie.

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Section6

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:00 PM ^

Haha game genie...classic!

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realfootballfan

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:43 PM ^

To be completely honest, I thought that was what this was about.

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BlueWolverine02

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^

wasn't that Battletoads?

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WBALLZ

December 23rd, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^

Yes it was battletoads but my response is less humorous if I acknowledge that.

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Huma

December 22nd, 2015 at 9:17 PM ^

Is this Battletoads?

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Primo

December 22nd, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^

Game is impossible!

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NCMtnBlue

December 23rd, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^

impossible, no. I recall beating the game multiple times.

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SwitchbladeSam

December 23rd, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^

Loved Battletoads. Especially the game with Battletoads & Double Dragon.That's it. I'm busting out the ol nes sometime over Christmas.

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Easy Day

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^

BattleFrog is the brand name of the obstacle courses. The show is colleges competing on those courses. Like if there was a "Crossfit College Challenge."

Like most of ESPN's programming, I didn't watch the show or even know it existed...

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Steve Breaston…

December 23rd, 2015 at 12:00 AM ^

Thanks for not reading any of the s/ responses and being the person who was serious. So very helpful!

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rwilb

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:31 PM ^

This should not be encouraged

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StraightDave

December 22nd, 2015 at 10:25 PM ^

go back to golf.

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December 22nd, 2015 at 7:38 PM ^

trippy futurama hypnotoad

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Ali G Bomaye

December 23rd, 2015 at 9:07 AM ^

ALL GLORY TO THE BATTLEFROG

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Jack Hammer

December 22nd, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-navy-seals-launch-battlefrog…

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YakAttack

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:15 PM ^

it was really the NES game. Reading comprehension is not my strongoutfit.

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maizenblue92

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:27 PM ^

I actually watched this on TV over the summer and Army's team was so dominant. They were basically lapping everyone else. As most of you would expect/hope.

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BleedThatBlue

December 22nd, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^

It's Obstacle Course Races (OCR). Anyone can do it. Just like tough mudders, Spartan races etc. Battlefrog is different because it was made up by military men so the obstacles a runner has to endure is all military inspired. Pretty sweet, I just did my first one this past summer in Miami. It definitely is hard.

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